Archive

Using Library Work as a Compass During the Pandemic
Amber Gallant talks about the importance of libraries in supporting research during the pandemic.
Amber GallantMay 28, 2020
"Never Have I Ever"...Seen Myself on TV
Linde Murugan considers Mindy Kaling's funny and frustrating take on religion, nationality, race, caste, and diasporic identity.
Meenasarani Linde MuruganMay 28, 2020
- Television
Canonizing Unrighteous Men: The Problem with “The New Jewish Canon”
Danielle BerrinMay 28, 2020
Mental Math for a Token: On Calculating My Worth
"Saying something that might ruffle a feather, as a token, can prove to be risky business."
Caleb GayleMay 28, 2020
Zones of Possibility: Science Fiction and the Coronavirus
George R. Stewart’s 1949 novel “Earth Abides” offers an eerie augury our COVID-19 crisis.
Rob LathamMay 27, 2020
- SF
“All It Takes Is Inexhaustible Patience, Limitless Time, and a Warped Mind”: A Conversation with Adrienne Raphel
Stephanie Burt talks to Adrienne Raphel about crosswords and her latest book, “Thinking Inside the Box.”
Stephanie BurtMay 27, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
Fontana after the Ruins: A Conversation with Luca Massimo Barbero
Alexandre Saden talks with curator Luca Massimo Barbero about the exhibition "Lucio Fontana: Walking the Space" at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles.
Alexandre SadenMay 27, 2020
The Footmen of Liberalism
An unauthorized history of the world’s most vaunted digest of power shows the fatal assumptions within its magisterial voice.
Travis DiehlMay 27, 2020
No Exit: International Students and the Pandemic
Smaran DayalMay 27, 2020
Art in an Emergency: Talking to Olivia Laing and Lucy Ives
Talking art and crisis
LARB Radio HourMay 27, 2020
Kim Gordon, Quarantined
Talking to a rock icon during a pandemic
Alex ScordelisMay 26, 2020
- Music
Freud: A Star Is Born
Elena Comay del Junco (psycho)analyzes the representation of Freud and psychoanalysis in popular media.
Elena Comay del JuncoMay 26, 2020
- Film
- Television
Sitting at His Feet: On J. M. Coetzee’s “The Death of Jesus”
Will Forrester sits vigil for "The Death of Jesus," the newest novel by J. M. Coetzee.
Will ForresterMay 26, 2020
- Fiction
For Crying Out Loud
John Kaag considers "Tragedy, the Greeks and Us," the recently published book by Simon Critchley.
John KaagMay 25, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
The Television is the Night Car: An Interview with Graeme Manson about Snowpiercer
Everett Hamner talks to Orphan Black's Graeme Manson about his new television adaptation of Bong Joon-Ho's film Snowpiercer.
Everett HamnerMay 25, 2020
- SF
- Television
Zoom and Gloom: Universities in the Age of COVID-19
Ryan Boyd considers two new books on higher education.
Ryan BoydMay 25, 2020
- Education
- Remaking the University